Following Tuesday's loss to the Magic in Orlando in the quarterfinals of the NBA Cup, the Heat (14-11) has five idle days before its next game on Monday against the Toronto Raptors. In fact, the Heat is in the middle of an eight-day stretch that includes just one game as the rest of the league's in-season tournament plays out.

Having been eliminated from the NBA Cup with Tuesday’s loss to the Orlando Magic, the Miami Heat find themselves in the midst of the biggest gap in their schedule outside of All-Star break.

The Miami Heat play the New York Knicks in Game 5 Tuesday but the time depends on the Golden State Warriors-Los Angeles Lakers series. If Warriors versus Lakers goes at least five games, the Heat and Knicks play at 7:30 p.m. on TNT. If not, Heat-Knicks ...

Not only did Tuesday night’s 117-108 loss to the Orlando Magic at Kia Center mark the Heat’s fourth straight loss and fifth loss in the past six games, but it also ended the Heat’s NBA Cup run before it could advance to the in-season tournament’s final four in Las Vegas.

One of the greatest things about attending NBA games is the intensity of the home crowds, who live and die with every basket, especially in the final moments as the game can be decided with one clutch basket or a key defensive play.

When you're an elite team, every schedule looks reasonably easy. When you're a team somewhere in the middle, like the Miami Heat, the new slate can appear a little more daunting. And the Heat's 2025-26 is. There are a few perilous stretches, which could ...